(19)
(11) EP 1 743 780 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.12.2007 Bulletin 2007/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.01.2007 Bulletin 2007/03

(21) Application number: 06022348.4

(22) Date of filing: 28.02.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B60C 23/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 02.03.2004 JP 2004057252

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
05004382.7 / 1571011

(71) Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Aichi-ken Toyota-shi 471-8571 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Ogawa, Atsushi
    Toyota-shi Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)

(74) Representative: Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner Röss, Kaiser, Polte Partnerschaft Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei 
Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

   


(54) Wheel condition determining apparatus


(57) A wheel condition determining apparatus configured and arranged to detect an abnormality of a wheel assembly including a wheel (14) and a tire (16) attached to the wheel and having tire pressure adjusting means, tire pressure detecting means (32) for detecting a pressure of air inside the tire; and abnormality detecting means for detecting an abnormality in said tire pressure detecting means.







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